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Treaty of Tordesillas

All Africa and Asia were the land of Portugal, and the rest was of Spain.

Ponce De Leon

The governor of Puerto Rico. He looks for the "Fountain of Youth" but what he was actually looking for was gold and slaves.

Hernando De Soto

A Spanish explorer. His 1742 exploration was the first "geographical" description of America and the description of the Mississippi civilization.

Francisco Vasquez De Coronado

Spanish soldier and explorer who led an expedition northward from Mexico in search of fabled cities of "gold"; his explorations gave Spain a claim to most of the American Southwest.

St. Augustine, Florida

First colonial city in the present-day United States; located in Florida and founded for Spain in 1565.

Samuel De Champlain

A geographer who began a for-trading expedition in 1603. French explorer who traced the St.Lawrence River inland to the Greak Lakes, founded the city of "Quebec," and formed the French alliance with the Huron indians.

New France

The colony established by France in what is now Canada and the Great Lakes region or the United States. Established by Mons and Champlain.

Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet

In 1675, traved through Mississippi River from Canada to Arkansas and established "Chicago."

Robert Cavalier, Sier De La Salle

French explorer who followed the Mississippi River from present-day Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico in 1683, giving France a claim to the entire river way and adjoining territory. He named the new territory, "Louisiana."

Henry Hudson

Dutch ship captain and explorer who sailed up the Hudson River in 1609, giving the Netherlands a claim to the area now occupied by New York.

New Netherland

The colony founded by the Dutch West India Company officials, but who governed civic affairs through their political influence. The colony attracted an extremely diverse population.

Santa Fe

1609 Province of New Mexico. The "oldest" serving capital city in the U.S.